Rufous Nightjar

Rufous Nightjar

Antrostomus rufus

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Soberanía National Park
16 Verified sightings at Soberanía National Park From 2019 to 2026
751 Verified sightings across all 20 parks From 2019 to 2026
March Best month highest sighting rate
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted during nighttime hours (6pm–6am)

About the Rufous Nightjar

The rufous nightjar (Antrostomus rufus) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.

The rufous nightjar was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1780 in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. The bird was also illustrated in a hand-colored plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle that was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton to accompany Buffon's text. Neither the plate caption nor Buffon's description included a scientific name but in 1783 the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert coined the binomial name Caprimulgas rufus in his catalogue of the Planches Enluminées. The rufous nightjar is now placed in the genus Antrostomus that was erected by the French naturalist Charles Bonaparte in 1838. The generic name combines the Ancient Greek antron meaning "cavern" and stoma meaning "mouth". The specific epithet is Latin for "red".

Four or five subspecies are generally recognized. A. r.... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Soberanía National Park

Chuck-will's-widow
NT

Chuck-will's-widow

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Antrostomus carolinensis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Common Pauraque
LC

Common Pauraque

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Nyctidromus albicollis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Common Nighthawk
LC

Common Nighthawk

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Chordeiles minor

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Lesser Nighthawk
LC

Lesser Nighthawk

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Chordeiles acutipennis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Short-tailed Nighthawk
LC

Short-tailed Nighthawk

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Lurocalis semitorquatus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
2 Coiba National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
3 Chapada Diamantina National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
4 El Impenetrable National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
<5%
5 Henri Pittier National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
<5%
6 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
7 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
8 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
9 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
10 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
11 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
12 Noel Kempff Mercado National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
Insufficient data
13 Anavilhanas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
Insufficient data
14 Amboró National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
Insufficient data
15 Madidi National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
Insufficient data
16 Cordillera Azul National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
Insufficient data
17 Sierra de la Macarena National Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data
18 Itatiaia National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
Insufficient data
19 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
Insufficient data
20 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Rufous Nightjar in Soberanía National Park?

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous Nightjar sighting in Soberanía National Park, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Rufous Nightjar in Soberanía National Park?

March has the highest sighting rate for Rufous Nightjar in Soberanía National Park in our monthly data.

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